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A fabricated statement attributed to Sen. Leila De Lima is circulating on Facebook (FB) days after high-profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian was reported to have died inside the National Bilibid Prison on July 18 due to complications from COVID-19.

Former broadcaster Jay Sonza shared a screenshot of a misleading post that allegedly shows celebrities violating mandatory safety protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while protesting in support of ABS-CBN Corp.

The GMA Network talent has debunked the hoax himself.

Robert Downey Jr., who supposedly "died" on July 8, even posted on Instagram on July 14.

It twisted the clergyman's statement about the denial of ABS-CBN's bid for a new franchise.

He has made no such statement.

For the second time since 1972, the government shut down broadcast network ABS-CBN, displacing more than 11,000 workers at a time the country is grappling with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic that is taking a heavy toll on the economy.

It was a Marcos decree than introduced the provisions on contracting and subcontracting.

He has over 769,000 shares according to the media and entertainment network's latest public disclosure report.

The comparison was never mentioned in the hearings for ABS-CBN's legislative franchise renewal.

This post is not true. Don't believe it.

COVID-19 symptoms are not the same for everyone.

Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque contradicted Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año when he said there will be no “house-to-house” operations to look for individuals infected with COVID-19.

At least one Facebook (FB) page and three netizens, including singer and vocal administration critic Jim Paredes, published a fake quote card that shows Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go saying media giant ABS-CBN should not have “hurt President Rodrigo Duterte’s feelings” if it did not want to get shut down.

After the committee on legislative franchises of the House of Representatives rejected ABS-CBN’s bid for a new 25-year franchise, some lawmakers still wanted an investigation of the network’s blocktime agreement with AMCARA Broadcasting Network.

As petitions contesting the newly enacted Anti-Terror Law pile up, President Rodrigo Duterte went from tagging communists as the country’s “number one threat” to saying they are the “least” of its worries.

A reverse image search reveals the images were taken in the aftermath of Typhoon Urduja.

The netizen repeatedly mentioned conspiracy theories surrounding the disease that have been debunked by multiple fact checkers around the world.